Deck on PAUSE after capture

Simon Page wrote on 12/22/2003, 6:16 AM
I've had a search but can't find anyone with the same problem.

I film a lot of live stage work. When I get back, I like to throw the tape into my DSR11 and leave Vegas to capture from a specific time to a specific time. Off I go to bed.

I've had to stop doing this as after capture, Vegas will leave my unit in pause mode (not good for it). Now I have to use Premiere to capture as this actually STOPS the unit after capture.

If there a way to tell Vegas to STOP the unit after capture and not to put it in PAUSE?

Many thanks,

Simon.

Comments

jetdv wrote on 12/22/2003, 6:26 AM
You camera/deck should automatically go out of pause mode after a set length of time. However, it would be nice for it to automatically be able to go to stop instead of pause after the LAST clip was captured.
Jsnkc wrote on 12/22/2003, 8:20 AM
Yeah, most cameras and decks will only stay in Standby mode for so long (usually 1-5 minutes)and then they take the tape off the heads to prevent damage to your deck and the tapes.
Jsnkc wrote on 12/22/2003, 8:21 AM
Yeah, most cameras and decks will only stay in Standby mode for so long (usually 1-5 minutes)and then they take the tape off the heads to prevent damage to your deck and the tapes.
Simon Page wrote on 12/23/2003, 7:38 AM
Yes. Unfortunatley this isn't happening. In the DSR11 menu, I've set up to stop after 30 secs. It does, when put on playback pause on it's own but once Vegas is in control, it will stay there forever!
SonyEPM wrote on 12/23/2003, 7:51 AM
I don't have that deck in front of me but this might (might) work:

Switch the vidcap general pref: "Make spacebar and F12 Play/Pause instead of Play/Stop."

Simon Page wrote on 12/24/2003, 6:01 PM
Nope. Tried that on the Vegas preferences and the Capture preferences but it still holds the machine in PAUSE mode after capturing clips.

Happy Xmas anyhow! Look forward to any other suggestions:

Actually, I'll try grabbing some footage striaght off the camera to see if that gets held in pause too. If so, we know it's the software/PC. If not, we know it's the DSR11.

Simon.
sbloombaum wrote on 12/24/2003, 6:52 PM
If you just capture to the end of the tape (and uncheck "stop on dropped frames") it will capture everything, then you deck should auto-rewind when it hits the end of the tape, then stops at the beginning of the tape under deck control.

At least that's how Vegas works with my DSR-20.

Granted, that could be a lot of blank capture which may be a storage and/or workflow problem for you (but maybe not!)
Simon Page wrote on 12/25/2003, 3:47 PM
Yes, that is a way round the problem. The trouble is, I'm filming DV on DVCAM 184 tapes which last around 4 hours at that speed! My poor old hard drive!

But I agree it is a solution/work around and one I had not really considered until now.

Simon.
sbloombaum wrote on 12/25/2003, 6:57 PM
Yeah, my camera tapes are only 40 or 60 minutes, depending.

Hey, does anybody know if Vidcap is scriptable? If so, it would seem a simple matter to script in a stop command at the end of a batch capture/advanced capture by time code.
jetdv wrote on 12/26/2003, 7:54 AM
Not via the scripting in Vegas. You *may* be able to use some kind of "macro recorder" type program.